To: DogByte6RER
Been there, did that: The USMC MEU's drive a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen 290, diesel 4x4. The hummer is too wide, too slow, not agile enough.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/USMC_Fast_Attack_Vehicle_%28IFAV%29.1.JPEG/300px-USMC_Fast_Attack_Vehicle_%28IFAV%29.1.JPEG)
SEALS drive them too, great rig. In Fallujah, the most survivable rig was the John Deere Gator for its speed and agility. Let's hope the contract engineers have a design criteria called: Boogie Index.
37 posted on
04/01/2012 4:32:04 PM PDT by
gandalftb
(The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
To: gandalftb
In Fallujah, the most survivable rig was the John Deere Gator for its speed and agility.I loved those things, but all I got was a Kawasaki Mule. It didn't have the 6-wheel cool factor.
42 posted on
04/01/2012 5:32:42 PM PDT by
Sarajevo
(Money cannot buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle.)
To: gandalftb
I want one. I also would like to have a pinzgauer.
43 posted on
04/01/2012 6:14:28 PM PDT by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: gandalftb
USMC MEU's drive a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen 290, diesel 4x4. The hummer is too wide, too slow, not agile enough. And won't fit inside or drive up the ramp of a CH-47 $hithook cargo helicopter, or USMC equivalent. The Brit Landies, the German G290s and tracked Wiesel heavy weapons carrier will.
![](http://www.g2mil.com/mak1.jpg)
54 posted on
04/03/2012 4:17:11 PM PDT by
archy
(I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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